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Tax & Legal • 02 May 2025

Building applicant cops $2k fine for false claims and fake signatures

A Perth man has been fined $2,000 for falsely claiming employment at a major construction company and forging the signature of a major construction company’s CEO while...

Tax & Legal • 28 Apr 2025

Unregistered WA builder fined $20k for using father’s credentials

A Western Australia building company director has been fined $20,000 for building contract, registration and insurance offences, including the misuse of his father’s...

Tax & Legal • 23 Apr 2025

Changes to Qld tenancy form ahead of rental reforms

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland has secured significant changes to the state’s standardised tenancy application form, following concerns about its original...

Tax & Legal • 14 Apr 2025

Qld developer pleads guilty to $1.3m fraud

A former Gold Coast property developer has pleaded guilty to four fraud charges for misappropriating over $1.3 million in investor funds related to a land development in...

Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2025

Tenancy reforms to spark surge in rental disputes, warns REINSW

Ahead of upcoming rental reforms in NSW, the state’s peak body has called for a major increase in funding and resources to prepare for the coming “onslaught” of...

Tax & Legal • 11 Apr 2025

Do not tamper with negative gearing, peak body warns

The peak body for Australia's property industry has warned against the Greens’ pledge to abolish negative gearing if they gain power, highlighting that it would...

Tax & Legal • 07 Apr 2025

Zoo or properties? NSW investors brace for changes to pet restrictions

NSW’s industry peak body has warned against an investor exodus, following the state’s latest rental reform requiring owners to allow up to four pets in their...

Tax & Legal • 07 Apr 2025

REIQ slams state’s new standardised tenancy application form

The peak body has warned that upcoming changes to identity verification in the Queensland tenancy application process could create significant issues for property owners...

Tax & Legal • 28 Mar 2025

Mixed industry reaction to Coalition’s budget in reply

Industry peak bodies have backed some of the Coalition’s budget-in-reply commitments, but warned they fall short of addressing the roots of the housing crisis.

Tax & Legal • 25 Mar 2025

NSW no-ground evictions ban to begin in May

From 19 May 2025, NSW property owners will not be allowed to evict tenants nor deny pets in their properties following the state’s latest slate of rental reforms.